The worst time to figure out your incident response plan is during an incident. Who calls whom? Who has authority to shut down systems? Who talks to the press? Who contacts your insurance carrier? Who preserves evidence for law enforcement? Organizations that answer these questions in advance recover faster, lose less data, spend less money, and face fewer legal consequences than those scrambling in the moment. Forged builds incident response programs that your team can execute under pressure — because they've already practiced it.
Step-by-step procedures for every major incident type — ransomware, data breach, BEC, insider threat, DDoS, and physical security. Written for execution under stress, not for reading in a meeting.
Facilitated walk-throughs of realistic scenarios with your leadership, IT, legal, and communications teams. Discover the gaps in your plan before a real incident discovers them for you.
Pre-negotiated incident response retainer with guaranteed response times. When something happens, you call one number and a qualified team is engaged immediately — no scoping calls, no SOW negotiations.
Pre-established relationships with breach counsel, notification procedures mapped to your regulatory obligations, and evidence preservation protocols that protect legal privilege.
Pre-drafted communication templates for employees, customers, partners, media, and regulators. Approved messaging ready to deploy within hours of an incident, not days.
Structured after-action reviews that identify what worked, what failed, and what changes to the plan, the technology, or the organization need to happen. Lessons learned turned into documented improvements.
We evaluate your existing incident response capability — what plans exist, who's responsible, what tools are available, and what gaps would leave you exposed during a real incident.
Custom incident response playbooks built for your organization — your systems, your team structure, your regulatory obligations, and your risk profile. Not a template downloaded from the internet.
We run your team through realistic scenarios — injecting complications, time pressure, and conflicting priorities just like a real incident. The goal is muscle memory, not perfection.
IR retainer established with guaranteed response times. Contact information verified quarterly. Playbooks updated as your environment changes. Annual tabletop exercises to maintain readiness.
Master IR document defining team structure, roles, communication procedures, severity levels, and escalation criteria. The governing document for your entire incident response program.
Step-by-step procedures for ransomware, data breach, BEC, insider threat, DDoS, and other scenarios relevant to your risk profile. Each playbook includes decision trees, checklists, and contact information.
Pre-approved message templates for employees, customers, partners, media, and regulators. Fill-in-the-blank format so communications can deploy in hours, not days, during an actual incident.
Documentation of each exercise — scenario, participants, decisions made, gaps identified, and recommended improvements. Evidence for auditors and insurance carriers that your plan is tested.
Pre-negotiated engagement terms with guaranteed response SLAs, pre-approved hourly rates, and defined scope of rapid response services. No SOW negotiation during a crisis.
Complete contact information for internal team, external counsel, forensic investigators, insurance carrier, law enforcement liaisons, and regulatory contacts. Updated quarterly.
You don't have a documented incident response plan — or the one you have is a template nobody's read. We build a real plan, train your team, and establish the retainer before you need it.
Your carrier requires a documented IR plan, an IR retainer, and evidence of tabletop exercises. We provide all three and give your carrier the attestation they need for policy issuance or renewal.
SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and CMMC all require incident response capabilities. We build the plan, run the exercises, and produce the evidence your auditor needs to check the box.
You were breached and your response was chaotic. We do the after-action review, identify what went wrong, build the plan that should have existed, and make sure the next incident goes differently.
Your board or executive team wants assurance that the organization can handle a cyber incident. Tabletop exercises with leadership build confidence and reveal gaps in a safe environment.
Enterprise customers and partners increasingly require evidence of IR capability as a condition of doing business. A documented plan with tested playbooks satisfies those requirements.
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